A&E's 'Longmire' Ends Freshman Season On High Note, 'Glades' Wraps Third Cycle

Airing against the closing ceremony of the London Olympics, the season one finale of A&E’s breakout drama series Longmire drew 4.3 million total viewers and a 1.6 million adults 25-54 on Sunday. The latter was a series high for the crime drama, which has already been renewed for a second season. (In total viewers, the series couldn’t match its series high of 4.55 million viewers but was up from the previous time it faced the Olympics.)

Longmire, which ranks as A&E’s No.1 original drama series ever in total viewers and adults 25-54, has averaged 4.0 million total viewers per premiere episode and 5.4 million in Live+7 viewing (through its first 8 episodes). Leading into Longmire’s closer was the third season finale of The Glades, which was watched by 3.1 million viewers, 1.2 million of them in the adults 25-54 demo. That was close to the comedic drama’s season average. A&E is yet to make a decision on but the network’s brass likes the show, the first of its new crop of scripted originals to get traction, and a renewal appears a strong possibility.

Matt Passmore can do much more than whine, give him a chance to do so.

Tania • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

zds I would like to see more of The Glades. I just recently got into the series and am all caught up. I thoroughly enjoy it. I would like to see The Glades go a little more darker though. Shake it up some. As for your comment of canceling the series for newer programs, first off that is very SELFISH of you. There is after all an audience for the series. A network can add new shows while still retaining an original. Was that too condescending? Anyway, A&E could do with getting rid of some of those lousy shows like Storage Wars, etc., etc., etc. They can continue with The First 48. I like true crime shows.

Tania • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

Btw, I recognize that there are fans of Storage Wars so why would I endorse its removal? After all, I’m not like zds. Therefore, I reverse the sentence. There’s room for more for many. ;)

eddie willers • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

Longmire continued to build each week and ended in the upper echelon of good TV shows.

Kudos to all.

fluffo • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

This is the kind of stuff broadcast nets would be making a killing on if they weren’t chasing the almighty 18-49 demo. My grandmother would have *loved* Longmire, God rest her.

shirley kattner • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

Love Longmire and hope to see alot more of this show in the Fall.
This is the best show of all of the other channels. There is nothing else like it on TV. Keep it comming.

Tony • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

Longmire when is the next season starting this series is great filmed in my hometown but I live in Santa Fe N.M now Lets get it going again

Nancy • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

Walt Longmire is the ‘Marlboro Man’ minus the horse and cigarettes! It is a great western drama and my husband and didn’t miss an episode. Glad A&E was smart enough to bring it back for another season.

Susan • on Aug 13, 2012 1:52 pm

Loved the first two seasons of The Glades. Matt Passmore is a real hidden gem and he makes the most of the script. Enjoy all the cast members EXCEPT…the new female actor brought in this season. Show should stay on the air but with some better writers. Like most of our friends we rarely watch tv, this night was the exception. Longmire wasn’t a bad first season. Hope both shows stay around for a while. Justified over on FX is our only other must see tv. All three shows have too short of season.